But cowardly is just about the worst thing you can call a professional footballer and you should withdraw that remark.

As for you, Grace, you should also apologise for suggesting that she had no right to criticise Mr Neill's tackle because she had never enjoyed a top-flight playing career.

That was a cheap, nasty, spiteful thing to say. I need to remind you, Grace, that some of soccer's most successful managers hardly set the world alight during their playing days.

How many championship medals has Arsene Wenger got in his trophy cabinet to remind him of his playing days? And could I point out, Grace dear, that even our most successful manager - the Knighted One at Old Trafford - was no Ruud van Nistelrooy during his striking days.

So be good girls now and kiss and make up. Say sorry to each other because you're both wrong.